2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Arkansas House District 65
Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas
Rick Beck (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Tommy Thompson (D) by 5.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rick BeckRepublican · winner
52.6%4,588
Tommy ThompsonDemocrat · incumbent
47.4%4,135
8,723 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET